Poster and color printing.



Np. 824,016. 'IPATENTED JUNE 19, -190s. 0. s. HEBRMANGE. POSTER ANDCOLOR PRINTING. APPLICATION I'ILE D APR.27.-1903. RENEWED AUG. 29, 1906.

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To all whom it may concern:

UNITED. STATES .LPATENT orrron I Specification of Letters Ifatent.

POSTER AND ooLo n PRINTING.

Patented June, 19, 1.9.Q6.

- Application filed April 27, L903. Renewed August 29, 1905. Serial No.276,323.

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. HEER- MANGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of San Francisco,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the fountain.

' one of the conducting-plates.

State of California, have invented an Improvement in Poster and'ColorPrinting; and

I hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in the printing of characters ofany description in a variety of colors andat-a single impres' sion.

It consists in making the printin surface or form of felt or equivalentsoft a sorbent material and superposing the form upon one or morefountains or containers with means by which the ink is raised bycapillary attraction or otherwise, so as to be absorbed by thecharacters on the form, and thence trans mitted to the surface uponwhich the printing is to take place. By the'use of fountains orink-containers of different shapes and with different colors a varietyof shades and colors may be printed, so as to mergeinto each other or tobe variously disposed with relation to each other.

Referring to the accompanying drawi%gs,

1g. 2 is a section through B, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewshowing a form and a part of the fountain. Fig. 4 is a perspective ofFig. 5 shows two forms of different colors and their fountains. 1

It is the object of my invention to produce a variety of colors oreffects from a single impression.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, 2 represents the ink-containingreceptacle or fountain. I have here shown it made with strips of metalor other suitable material 3, extending from end to end of thecontainingbox and retained in a substantially vertical position by meansof guides or supports.

These supports may either be fixed within the receptacle or, as hereshown, they are attached to each of the plates 3, so that when theplates are inserted into the receptacle they will beself-sup orted at asuflicient distance apart. In or er to lighten these plates and alsorovide for the free flow of ink through t e interspaces, I have shownthe plates having cut-out portions of any suit-- able form and size, asat 4. The plates are partially covered or have otherwise applied to themany fibrous or porous material 5,

I vey the ink upwar which will .act by cafiillary attraction to con- T yto the surface. The form, which may be of any suitable description andwhich ishere illustrated by a single, letter, as at 6, is placed uponthe fountain, so that its lower surface rests upon the porous orconducting material 5. This form is made of an absorbent felt orequivalent material which will take up the ink from below and transmitit through its own substance to the ing when the surface to be printedupon is applied and pressed upon it.

In order to apply a number of colors, a

number of ink-containers may be disposed.

with relation to each other, so that different colors may be placed ineach container, and

being raised to the surface and absorbed by the form these colors willintermin 'le at their meeting edges and produce shaded, spotted, orother desired effects dependent upon the arrangement of theink-containers with relation to the form. Thus by placing a series ofcontainers side by side in the direction of the length orwidth of theform the division-lines between the colors will be shaded into eachother throu h the absorbent material of the form and w en im rinted willproduce the shaded effect and t e intermediate colorresultant u on themixing of the two primary colors 0 the two ink-containers. Thesesurface, and it thus is in readiness for printmay be arranged in aninfinite variety of ways. By placing the ink-containers one withinanother either circular, square, or any desired polygonal form may beobtained, and

an equivalent disposition of colors upon the printed surface willresult. This form of printing .is especially designed for printingposters and large surfaces in which a considerable quantity of color ismassed in each part of the printed surface. Having us described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is' v 1An improved device for color-printing consisting of a porous absorbentform interosed between the ink-container and the surace to be printed,and means including plates with a transverse wrapping of absorbentmaterial for transmitting the ink through the absorbent form.

2. A device for color-printing consisting of a porous absorbent form orrintingsurface, an ink-containing receptac e, lates positioned in thecontainer, and absor ent strands or surfaces wound transversely aboutthe plates and dipping into the ink-receptacle and contacting with theunder surface of the absorbent form whereby the ink is trans- Ifnittedthrough said form to the printing-surace.

3. A device for multicolor-printing consisting of a plurality ofreceptacles containing difierent-colored inks and disposed contiguous toeach other, a form or rinting-surface made of felt or equivalent asorbent ma-- terial and disposed above the ink-recepta- I cles, platesin the container and provided with passages for the inks, and absorbentstrands or the like wound about the plates and dipping into theink-receptacles and having their upper portions contacting with thelower surface of the form.

4. A device for color-printing consisting of an ink-receptacle, platessupported on edge within said receptacle having fibers, strands hand.

CHARLES S. HEERMANUE Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, JESSIE O. BRODIE.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 3 5

